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Not So Appealing: NH’s High Court Rules Against “Free The Nipple” Appeal

In a 3-2 decision, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled constitutional a Laconia city law banning women from exposing their breasts in public. The 29-page ruling comes after 3 appellants, Heidi Lilley of Gilford, Kia Sinclair of Danbury and Ginger Pierro of Canaan, sought the court's relief for their convictions for public nudity when they went shirtless, with their breasts exposed, on Laconia public beaches in 2016. Those convictions, the court's decision shows, were valid. The three wom

In a 3-2 decision, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled constitutional a Laconia city law banning women from exposing their breasts in public. The 29-page ruling comes after 3 appellants, Heidi Lilley of Gilford, Kia Sinclair of Danbury and Ginger Pierro of Canaan, sought the court's relief for their convictions for public nudity when they went shirtless, with their breasts exposed, on Laconia public beaches in 2016. Those convictions, the court's decision shows, were valid. The three wom…